Species Clathria (Clathria) angulifera Dendy, 1896

Museums

Regional Maps

• Clathria angulifera Dendy, A. 1896. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 8: 14-51 [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2286 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.323 slide - egaz), outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [100].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Also known from Stradbroke Is. and Noosa region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

10–30m depth; submerged rock reef.

 

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [89]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)